Bluegrass Great J.D. Crowe: The Lost Interview
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The legendary banjo player, who died on Christmas Eve, on angering the "grassholes" and forming the New South, his genre-stretching band
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Why Tony Rice Was Bluegrass Music’s Great Experimentalist
Posted in: Country MusicFollowing the singer-guitarist's death on Christmas Day, those who shared the stage with Rice recall bluegrass's "true innovator"
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How String Music Pioneer Del McCoury Breaks Bluegrass Rules on New Album
Posted in: Country MusicSeminal player pushes musical diversity on 50-year follow-up to essential LP 'Del McCoury Sings Bluegrass'
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Johnny Cash’s ‘At Folsom Prison’ at 50: An Oral History
Posted in: Country MusicEyewitnesses to the Man in Black's legendary 1968 concerts at the California prison recall Cash's shining moment
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Johnny Cash’s ‘At Folsom Prison’: Rosanne Cash Recalls Iconic Live Album
Posted in: Country MusicIn a never-before-published interview, the Man in Black's daughter talks historic prison concert, which turns 50 this month
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Marty Stuart on Country Music’s Long History of Popping Pills
Posted in: Country Music"They swapped pills like it was M&Ms and nobody thought anything about it," says Stuart, whose 'Way Out West' describes a mind-altering trip
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Bluegrass Master Del McCoury Previews DelFest, Talks Dierks Bentley
Posted in: Country MusicAnnual roots music festival in Maryland features McCoury, Bentley, Marty Stuart, Chris Thile and Trey Anastasio
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MerleFest 2017: 11 Best Things We Saw at the Roots Music Festival
Posted in: Country Music ListsFrom Zac Brown Band's stripped-down set to the Avett Brothers doing double duty, the highlights of the annual North Carolina hoedown
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Merle Haggard’s Lost Interview: Country Icon on Johnny Cash, Prison Life
Posted in: Country MusicIn an unearthed, intimate 2007 interview, the "Branded Man" singer-songwriter recalled his friendship with Cash and his time behind bars
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12 Best Things We Saw at MerleFest 2016
Posted in: Country Music ListsFrom Jason Isbell's triumphant headlining set to Old Crow Medicine Show's super-charged strings
